FRANCIS M. KADOW (d. 1973)
Francis M. Kadow was born in 1899 and grew up in Manitowoc. He left
school at age 16 to help his father run the Mikadow Theater, which
opened in 1916. He eventually owned and operated both the theater
and the radio station WOMT, headquartered on the second floor of the
theater. The radio station went on the air in November 1926; it was
the third radio station in Wisconsin at the time. The call letters
WOMT stood for "World's Only Mikadow Theater." The station broadcast
the news every hour on the hour, taken largely from the United Press
wire service teletype, the first one ever installed at a radio station.
Kadow was also an amateur photographer and took photos of Manitowoc.
Francis Kadow sold WOMT in 1966 and died in 1973. His tombstone in
Evergreen Cemetery has an old-fashioned radio microphone carved on it.
Francis M. Kadow was born in 1899 and grew up in Manitowoc. He left
school at age 16 to help his father run the Mikadow Theater, which
opened in 1916. He eventually owned and operated both the theater
and the radio station WOMT, headquartered on the second floor of the
theater. The radio station went on the air in November 1926; it was
the third radio station in Wisconsin at the time. The call letters
WOMT stood for "World's Only Mikadow Theater." The station broadcast
the news every hour on the hour, taken largely from the United Press
wire service teletype, the first one ever installed at a radio station.
Kadow was also an amateur photographer and took photos of Manitowoc.
Francis Kadow sold WOMT in 1966 and died in 1973. His tombstone in
Evergreen Cemetery has an old-fashioned radio microphone carved on it.
FRANCIS M. KADOW (d. 1973)
Francis M. Kadow was born in 1899 and grew up in Manitowoc. He left
school at age 16 to help his father run the Mikadow Theater, which
opened in 1916. He eventually owned and operated both the theater
and the radio station WOMT, headquartered on the second floor of the
theater. The radio station went on the air in November 1926; it was
the third radio station in Wisconsin at the time. The call letters
WOMT stood for "World's Only Mikadow Theater." The station broadcast
the news every hour on the hour, taken largely from the United Press
wire service teletype, the first one ever installed at a radio station.
Kadow was also an amateur photographer and took photos of Manitowoc.
Francis Kadow sold WOMT in 1966 and died in 1973. His tombstone in
Evergreen Cemetery has an old-fashioned radio microphone carved on it.
Francis M. Kadow was born in 1899 and grew up in Manitowoc. He left
school at age 16 to help his father run the Mikadow Theater, which
opened in 1916. He eventually owned and operated both the theater
and the radio station WOMT, headquartered on the second floor of the
theater. The radio station went on the air in November 1926; it was
the third radio station in Wisconsin at the time. The call letters
WOMT stood for "World's Only Mikadow Theater." The station broadcast
the news every hour on the hour, taken largely from the United Press
wire service teletype, the first one ever installed at a radio station.
Kadow was also an amateur photographer and took photos of Manitowoc.
Francis Kadow sold WOMT in 1966 and died in 1973. His tombstone in
Evergreen Cemetery has an old-fashioned radio microphone carved on it.
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